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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...
Long March 12 launches despite recent 7A failure, Long March 2C launches satellite for UAE
HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang...
India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
NASA has formally invited India to participate in its...
H3 launches navigation satellite
WASHINGTON — A Japanese H3 rocket successfully launched a...
Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch
Hong Kong —  A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite...
NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme
India and the United States are set to strengthen...
India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
The official list covers 21 land locations, four mountain...

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Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Stewart Walker Runs for ASPRS President

Many in the photogrammetric and GIS communities are familiar with Stewart’s background and body of work. He has M.A., M.S.c.E., and Ph.D. degrees in geography and geomatics from the universities of Glasgow, New Brunswick, and Bristol, an...

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

DubaiSat-1 Captures Images of Holy Cities

DubaiSat-1, the UAE-owned and operated earth observation satellite, has relayed images of the Holy Cities of Mecca, Medina and Al Quds from outer space. The pan-sharpened, multi-spectral images show the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Prophet’s Mosque in...

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

PCI Geomatics – GXL System Ecological Indicators from RADARSAT-2 Images

PCI Geomatics today announced that the company has been awarded a contract valued at over $520,000 (CAD) through the Canadian Space Agency's Earth Observation Applications Development Program (EOADP). PCI fulfillment...

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

DigitalGlobe Names Information Industry Leader Jeffrey R. Tarr New President and CEO

DigitalGlobe has appointed Jeffrey R. Tarr as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 5, 2011. Tarr succeeds Jill Smith, who, in September 2010, announced her intention to leave the company and was both the...

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Rocket failure: Russian, Indian Scientists Differ On Cause

The mystery over the mid-air crashing of an Indian rocket in December continues with officials of the Indian space agency and experts from Russia, which supplied the cryogenic engine, differing on the possible cause of the rocket's...

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Towards Landsat 8

The Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation is to build the Operational Land Imager for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre awarded the contract. The OLI will be the principal sensor on...